Sherclod Holmes @wallhackio@cat.family

@aescling @vaporeon_ I was hoping I could say "right now" but unfortunately it is currently functional

@vaporeon_ but javascript is good and fun ​​

@vaporeon_ I would ​​

@aescling @vaporeon_ clearly propaganda

@vaporeon_ @Lady @aescling JavaScript will auto insert semicolons if you don't add them

There are camps on whether or not you should manually add them

I think ignoring them makes more sense but it was a style convention at my old job to use them and the Deno autoformatter inserts semicolons so I just write them now out of habit

@Lady @vaporeon_ @aescling I only do that if I start declaring variables in the switchies

@monorail can't have shit in detroit

@aescling @vaporeon_ I'm sure our elastic search can't break any more often than it already does

gas is $4.30 usd a gallon ​

@vaporeon_ @aescling ah I see

@vaporeon_ @aescling yea i agree

@vaporeon_ @aescling I with vaporeon on this, I'm going to ask our admin to ban you

@vaporeon_ @aescling
It's "more performant" to use ++i*

^{*It really doesn't matter and even if this does give a teeny, marginal performance boost it's the kind of thing a modern compiler will catch for you anyway}

@aescling @vaporeon_ I guess I understand the undergrads now because the i++ just made my eye twitch even though it literally doesn't matter

@aschmitz @aescling I like switch statements I just don't understand why undergrad cs students seem to think they're the pinnacle of software design

Everyone used else if at my old job and it was fine.

@vaporeon_ @aescling strings are primitives in JS 🔍 ​

@vaporeon_ @aescling this is JavaScript

@vaporeon_ @aescling I would always do it like

switch(gorp) {
  case 'norp':
    console.log('norp');
    break;
  case 'sorp':
    console.log('sorp');
    break;
  default:
    console.log(' what the gorp???');
    break;
}

@vaporeon_ @aescling oh I have a skill issue it seems

@vaporeon_ I'll never forget the video when an infamous kickstarter game's source code released and some guy made a 20 minute video critiquing the 4000-line file that managed the entire game state

The YouTubers main criticism was that the file didn't use switch statements

Talk about missing the forest for the trees